Cocktail shaker



S. COMINSKY COCKTAIL SHAKER Filed May 4, 1954 INVENTOR Patented Feb. 11, 1936 UNITED STATES QOC KTAIL SHAKER Samuel Gominsky, Trenton,

Efcolite Corporation,

tion of New York N. J., assignor to Trenton, N. J., a corpora Application May 4, 1934, Serial No. 723,826 5 Claims. (01. 215-83) M eras s ent o re te to sha r for coelgtails and other liquid refreshments.

An object of the invention is the embodiment of the shaker in body and closure cap of POIOG-r 5 lain or other vitreous material and the provision of} closure means inclusive of the closure cap for effectively sealing the mouth of the body of the sh ker. The closure means preferably includes resilient means for the cap member, such resilw ient means and the cap member being mounted within the closure means as a unit.

the preferred forms of the invention, the closure means includes an outer casing member of metal, which may be plated or the metal itself provide for artistic appearance. In such preferred forms of the invention, the closure means is secured to the mouth of the body of the shaker by the provision of interrupted cam ridges located adjacent the mouth of the body of the g9 shaker, with which cam ridges cooperate a corresponding number of lugs carried by the casing member of the closure means, such lugs serving also to retain the cap member within the casing of the closure means when the closure as means is removedfrom the body of the shaker. Further features and objects of the invention will be more fully understood from the following detail description and the accompanying drawing, in which 30 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred form of shaker embodying my invention.

2 is a detail vertical sectional elevation view on line 2,,2 of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale. 3 is a top plan view of the body of the shaker, the closure means being removed.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the closure means.

Fig. 5 is a detail elevational view of the top portion of the body of the shaker. 10 Referring to the drawing which illustrates a preferred type of my invention, the body IU of the shaker proper is preferably of porcelain or other suitable vitreous material. Its surface contour and its body configuration may be va- 4 ried and ornamented as desired. As typical ornamentation I have indicated flutings, see Fig. 1. The body of the shaker may be provided with an inner, perforated lip II, which optionally may be integral with the body of the shaker. Such lip ll extends but partially interiorly of the shaker, to afford a clearance, see [2, Fig. 2, for charging the ingredients into the shaker.

Such preferred forms of the invention includes Illa,

1 adjacent the lip l3 of the body of the shaker,

a set of interrupted cam ridges 4, 4, 4, n. this J instance three in number, and intermediate s ch cam ridges there is thus provided a correspond; ing number of clear spaces l5, l5, IS, the pu e poses of which will appear more fully herein: :5; after.

The closure means embodies a cap member l6 desirably of porcelain or analogous vitreous ma:- terial, recessed annularly, see I 1, to receivethe lip portion l3 of the body ll] of the shaker, the la face portion Ila of such annular recess'l'l being suitably contoured relative to the edge face of the lip l3 to effect a sealing engagement there with when the closure member is brought to sealing position. 15

To effect sealing engagement of the cap member l6 relative to the mouth of the shaker, I further provide suitable resilient means and co:- operating parts associated with the cap member I6, such'cooperating parts including a disk member l8, which is circularly depressed at its central portion I 8a, the cap member It being provided with a central recess l6a; within such recess Ilia is disposed an expansile coil spring I 9, the upper end of which is positioned about the stated central depressed portion l8a, of the said disk member l8, the aforesaid being housed and unitarily assembled within the outer casing member 20.

The unit assemblyis preferably had by the 9 provision of. lugs 2|, in this instance three in number, see Fig. 4, connected to, and preferably integral with, the lower edge of the casing member 20, such lugs 21 serving the dual purposes of retaining the cap member l6, namely by engage- 33. ment of its outer annular portion 16b with the lugs 2|, and the further function of coaction by the stated lugs 2|, with the cam ridges I 4 for effecting sealing engagement of the cap member IS with the body of the shaker. Spe- 4 cifically, the closure means is placed above the mouth of the shaker to locate the respective lugs 2| at the clear spaces l5, and the closure means is turned by grasping the outer casing member 20, in this instance in right-hand screw direction, whereby the respective lugs 2| engage the lower edge faces of the cam ridges l4 and the cap member I6 is brought into uniform resilient sealing engagement at its annular face He with the edge face of the lip I3, the pitch of the cam ridges I 4 50 being substantially uniform and affording through the respective lugs 2| the compression of the spring is, thus rendering possible and effective the use of vitreous or like material for the shaker proper and the cap member of the closure means. Q

ably secured to the disk member 22, as by means of a stud 24.

Preferably, the recipes are impressed upon the face of the recipe dial in ,waterand liquid-proof ink, or by etching, and the like, to be immune from defacing by contact with water and with the.

ingredients of the liquid.

My invention, particularly its closure means,

enables the. parts to be effectually cleansed, in which operation the recipe visible window of the casing member of the closure means afiords venting and consequent drying of the cleansing fluid, and further enhanced by the relatively small dimension of the inturned lugs and the clearance between the cylindrical rim of the casing memfreshments, comprising a shaker body of vitreous berand the displacingly therein enclosed cap member; in the furtherance of such purpose, the

disk I8 is perforated, see I8b.

It is further pointed out that the spaced ridges 14, [4, I4, may not be of camrelationship, that is to say, their effective faces may extend substantially parallel to the edge face of the lip l3, t he resilient mounting of the cap member l5 relative to the clamping lugs 2|, affording the sealing of the cap member relative to the mouth of the shaker body independently of any cam relation of the ridges l4.

Whereas I have described my invention by reference to specific forms thereof, it will be understood that many changesand modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. v V r I claim: 1. A shaker for cocktails and other liquid reor other fragile material, said shaker body being provided with locking means adjacent its mouth,

and closure means for the mouth of the shaker body, said closure means including a cap member of vitreous or other fragile material fitting within and around the top of said shaker body, said closure means further including a casing member displacingly enclosing said cap member, resilient means interposed between said cap member and said casing member and locking means carried by said closure means cooperating with-said locking means of said shaker body, said'locking means carried by said'closure means including peripherally spaced elements respectively cooperating with said locking means of the shaker body and loosely engaging said cap member peripherally and at its lower edge, whereby the cap member and its interposed resilient means are retained as a unit within the casing member of the' closure means upon removal of the closure means from the "shaker body.

2. A shaker for cocktails and other liquid refreshments, comprising a shaker body of vitreous or other fragile material, said shaker body being provided with cam locking means adjacent its mouth, and closure means for the mouth of the shaker body, said closure means including a cap member of vitreous or other fragile material fitting within and around the top of said shaker tively cooperating with'said locking means of the shaker body and loosely engaging said cap member peripherally and at its lower edge, whereby the cap member and its interposed resilient means are retained as a unit within the casing member of the closure means upon removal of the closure means from the shaker body.

3. A shaker for cocktails and other liquid re freshments, comprising a shaker body of vitreous or other fragile material, said shaker body being provided with a set of relatively spaced cam locking elements disposed adjacent the mouth of the shaker body, said shaker body being provided with locking means adjacent its mouth,

and closure means for the mouth of the shaker body, said closure means including a cap member of vitreous or other fragile material fitting within and around the top of said shaker body, said closure means further including a casing member displacingly enclosing said cap member,

resilient means interposed between said cap member and said casing member and a set of correspondingly spaced locking elements carried by said closure means cooperating with said set of cam locking elements of said shaker body, said locking means carried by said closure means including peripherally spaced elements respectively cooperating with said locking means of the shaker body and loosely engaging said cap member peripherally and at itslower edge, whereby the cap member and its interposed resilient,

meansare retained as a unit within the casing member of the closure means upon removal of the closure means from the'shaker body.

4. A shaker for cocktails and other liquid refreshments, comprising a shaker body of vitreous or other fragile material, said shaker body being provided with a set of cam locking elements respectively spaced from one another by clear spaces peripherally of and adjacent its mouth,

and closure means ,for themouth of the shaker body, said closure means including a cap mem-- ber of vitreous or other fragile material fitting within and around the top of said shaker body, said closure means further including a casing member displacingly enclosing said cap member, resilient means interposed between said cap -member and said casing member and a set of lugs carried by said casing member cooperating with said set of cam locking elements, said looking lugs being dimensioned to pass through said clear spaces in thestages of moving said closure means to and from its closing position, said lockating with said locking means of the shaker body and loosely engaging said cap member periph erally and at its lower edge, whereby the cap member and its interposed resilient means are retained as a unit within. the casing member of the closure means upon removal of the closure ing means carried by said closure means including peripherally spaced elements respectively cooper spaces peripherally of and adjacent its mouth, and closure means for the mouth of the shaker body, said closure means including a cap member of vitreous or other fragile material fitting within and around the top of said shaker body, said closure means further including a casing member displacingly enclosing said cap member, resilient means interposed between said cap member and said casing member and a set of peripherally spaced lugs carried by and inturned relative to said casing member cooperating with said set of cam locking elements, said inturned locking lugs being dimensioned to pass through locking means carried by said closure means in cluding peripherally spaced elements respectiyely cooperating with said locking means of the shaker body and loosely engaging said cap member peripherally and at its lower edge, whereby the cap member and its interposed resilient means are retained as a unit within the casing member of the closure means upon removal of the closure means from the shaker body.

SAMUEL COIWINSKY. 

